Holidaymaker’s fury as she returns from Croatia to find her Citroen WRECKED by meet and greet parking firm

Julia Hickling's Citroen C2 had its front wheel ripped off when a company driver smashed it into a wall and several parked cars when it was meant to be in secure lockup

By FELIX ALLEN

7th November 2016, 11:31 am

Updated: 8th November 2016, 5:02 am

A HOLIDAYMAKER returned to find an airport parking firm had written off her car while she was away.

Julia Hickling's Citroen C2 had its front wheel ripped off when a company driver smashed it into a wall and several parked cars - while it was meant to be safely locked up.

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Julia Hickling returned from holiday to find her car written off by airport parking firm Cheshire Meet and Greet

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Julia Hickling's wrecked Citroen C2 after a parking worker smashed it into a wall

She branded Cheshire Meet and Greet "despicable" and claims the firm is "refusing to accept any wrongdoing" and has yet to apologise for destroying her £2,000 motor.

In July the same company - which operates at Manchester Airport - was caught abandoning cars in pub car parks after their owners paid to have them stored in a safe lockup with 24-hour surveillance.

Julia, 44, left her car with the firm before jetting off on a two-week break in Croatia on April 8.

On her return, she was shocked when a company representative told her: "I have been dreading your call".

The staff member said a company driver had been pushed off the road by another motorist – who failed to stop – on the way to the firm’s secure storage site in Lymm, Cheshire, around 11 miles from where she dropped it at the airport.

But a police incident report revealed the crash had in fact happened more than 36 hours later – when the car should already have been locked away.

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Cheshire Meet and Greet was caught abandoning other customers' vehicles in a pub car park

The crash on a 30mph road mangled the front end, sheared off the front wheel and set off the airbags, leaving the car a write-off.

Julia said it took her weeks of "stress and anxiety" trying to sort out her insurance claim with Cheshire Meet and Greet owner Lee Anderson. She claims he refused to answer calls.

Julia told the Daily Mail: "He still hasn’t bothered to apologise to me and he seems to be refusing to accept any wrongdoing.

"I accept accidents happen, but I just want an apology.

"It’s despicable. It seems like Lee Anderson thinks he can walk all over people and it doesn’t matter, but it does and he shouldn’t be able to get away with it."